Lokesh Kumar

• Name — Lokesh Kumar • Born — 29 June 1989 • Birthplace — Chennai, India • Occupation — Film director, producer and screenwriter • Years Active — 2013–present

Lokesh Kumar was born on 29 June 1989 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India). He did his schooling in Kalashetra Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Chennai, after which he went to study Mechanical Engineering at S.A. Polytechnic College. After college he worked in the corporate sector for a few years. In 2013, he quit his corporate job and started making independent films. He made few experimental short films and by 2014, he decided to make an independent feature film which dealt with a teenage boy coming out to his mother, the film went through a lot of issues and delayed. By 2016, the film was fully completed with the help of an NRI producer Anil Saxena. His film My Son Is Gay is the first Tamil feature film on gay relationship in the 100 years of Tamil Cinema existence. The film was screened in several international film festivals and earned him many awards.

• Year — Title — Notes • 2013 — You're My Brother — Short film • 2013 — Wait a Minute — Short film • 2013 — Judgement — Short film • 2014 — Acid — Short film • 2015 — Darkness — Short film • 2017 — My Son Is Gay — Winner—Best Film, Indian World Film Festival Winner—Best Of Out & Loud, Pune International Queer Film Festival Winner—Best Debut Director, Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival Winner—Best Film, Jury Award, Jaffna International Cinema Festival • 2023 — N4 — Feature Film • 2024 — The Last One (film) — Feature Film (In Pre-production)